Given:

class C1 {};
class C2 : public C1 {};

template< class Type >
class CPtr
{
public:
   CPtr( Type *p ) : m_p( p ) {}

   template< class T >
      operator T *() { return m_p; }

private:
   Type *m_p;
};


C2 c2;

CPtr< C2 > hC2( &c2 );

Does operator T* () allow C1 *pC1 = hC2?



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